title: Extracorporeal surgery and autotransplantation for complicated renal calculous disease in 108 kidneys.
abstract: One hundred and eight kidneys in 97 patients with staghorn (72%) or multiple pyelocalyceal (28%) calculi were treated by extracorporeal surgery and autotransplantation, and followed up for 1-12 (mean 3) years. Twenty-seven patients had a solitary kidney, and 11 were operated on bilaterally. Sixty-nine % had a history of previous stone surgery, 74% had urinary tract infection and 30% renal dysfunction. Postoperative and late mortality rates were 3.1 and 2.1%, respectively. In addition, three kidneys were lost postoperatively and two later. Only one case of renal calculus recurrence was observed. Sixty-nine per cent of preoperatively infected patients were cured of infection, and 18% improved. Ninety-two per cent of patients with functioning autograft had preserved or improved renal function at follow-up. We find extracorporeal calculus removal a highly effective procedure with an acceptable risk.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Department B, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bondevik
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Albrechtsen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sødal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jakobsen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brekke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flatmark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000601:surgery*; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D015996:Survival Rate; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine